California Sunset

Verse 1

We used to drive up to the mountains

When the city got too loud

You'd roll the window down and close your eyes

Like you were listening to the clouds

I never knew what you were hearing

But it made you look so free

And I'd pretend to watch the road

But I was watching you watch everything -----

Chorus

And it ended like a sunset out in California

Slow and beautiful and gone

Nobody's fault the sky got dark

Nobody did a thing wrong

It just ended like a sunset out in California

And I watched it all the way down

Verse 2

I heard you're living by the water now

Got a garden and a dog

The kind of quiet I could never give you

The kind of peace I always lost

I hope the mountains still remind you

Of something good we had

Not the leaving

Just the driving

Just the laughing in the cab

Chorus

And it ended like a sunset out in California

Slow and beautiful and gone

Nobody's fault the sky got dark

Nobody did a thing wrong

It just ended like a sunset out in California

And I watched it all the way down

Bridge

And I'm alright

I've got my songs and my coffee

And a window facing west

Some evenings turn that certain color

And I remember her

But mostly I just watch the light

Do what the light does best

Outro

The mountains haven't gone nowhere

The ocean doesn't care

The way that only beautiful things are

When they're through with you

I'm alright

I'm alright

The sun goes down

It comes back up

I'm alright